PGetPreferences

Gets miscellaneous preference settings for the publication.

Query results

This class returns a number of values and flags from the publication's preferences.

short nGreekBelow;

Pixel number below which text displays as gray bars (in layout view)

short cGuides;

kGuidesFront
kGuidesBack

short cGraphics;

kGraphicsDisplayGray
kGraphicsDisplayNormal
kGraphicsDisplayHighres

PMBool bLoose;

false for Show Loose/Tight Lines off
true for Show Loose/Tight Lines on

PMBool bKeeps;

false for Show "Keeps" Violations off
true for Show "Keeps" Violations on

short cSaveOption;

kSaveFaster
kSaveSmaller

PMBool bQuotes;

false for Use Typographer's Quotes off
true for Use Typographer's Quotes on (to substitute curved typographer's quotation marks whenever the standard quotation mark is typed)

PMBool bNumSnapTo;

false for Use "Snap To" Constraints off
true for Use "Snap To" Constraints on (to constrain values in the Control palette to ruler increments or guide positions)

PMBool bAutoflow;

false for Turn Pages When Autoflowing off
true for Turn Pages When Autoflowing on

PMBool bDisplayName;

false for off
true for display PPD names in Print dialog

short nKBitmap;

Amount of RAM, in kilobytes, reserved for drawing graphic elements

long nKLimit;

Maximum size, in kilobytes, of images to include in PageMaker publication file. Images larger than this value are linked to publication.

long xHorizNudge;

Distance each press of the horizontal nudge button or key combination moves the selected objects in twips

long yVerticalNudge;

Distance each press of the vertical nudge button or key combination moves the selected objects in twips

short cPSMemory;

kPSMemoryNormal (to free up 250K of a PostScript® printer's virtual memory prior to downloading a graphic)
kPSMemoryMaximum (to perform a total restore on a PostScript printer's virtual memory prior to downloading a graphic)

No publication open. If no publication is open, PageMaker gets the application default preference settings.

Display PPD names. On the Macintosh, the Preferences dialog box does not include the Display PPD Names option. Instead, PageMaker for the Macintosh always displays the PPD filename, regardless of the value you send for bDisplayName in the PPreferences command. Although the bDisplayName parameter does nothing, the PGetPreferences query still returns the setting sent in the PPreferences command.

Example.

PGetPreferences prefs; if (prefs.bNumSnapTo == false) ...

PGetPreferences

Query results

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